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They didn't leave Springfield, Missouri, they left Springfield, Illinois. They wanted to better their lives by moving to an area where there was less sickness, a climate with no cold winters, and good farming land.

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Q: Why did the Donner Party leave springfield Missouri?
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What day did the Donner party leave springfield?

April 14, 1846


Why did the donner party leave Illinois?

to live a better life find gold and have fertile soil to plant in


What happen to the donner party?

The Donner party left the other group of travelers and used hasting cutoff little did they know that the guide only used this path once. When the Donner party got close the the Sierra Nevada's they got suck in a snow storm some of the people in the Donner party had to leave there wagons behind or get rid of stuff so alot f the people were out side huddled against each other getting warmth. Because of this "shortcut" the donner party ran out of food and water and people died for the lack of food when it came to that the donner party had no choice to eat the dead later on theree n ople that volenterred to hichhike to california and get help and some of the people trying to get help died on the way some made it to california. Thats some what of what happend to the donner party.


What did the donner party have to do to live?

Well one of the them had to leave her two children (one 4 years old and the other one 8 years old) to go over the Rocky Mountains. The children did survive but they did suffer enough for a children that young and little. Also, according to some historians, the Donner party had to eat the dead people. Not all historians believe that, but some do.


Why did settlers heading from Missouri to Oregon have to leave in the spring?

They left in the spring because of the the time it takes to reach the west coast on foot. In the fall and winter snow would make it hard to cross the mountains. See the donner party. Also leaving in the spring provided more food for livestock needed to pull the wagons. Leaving more room for other goods.


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